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This is no country he knows, and no place he ever wants to see, even in the shuttered madness of his worst dreams. But Richard Jane survived. He walks because he has no choice and at the end of this molten road, running along the spine of a burned, battered country, his son may be alive. The sky crawls with venomous cloud and burning rain while the land is a scorched sprawl of rubble and corpses. Rats have risen from the depths to gorge on the carrion, and a glittering dust coats everything. It hides a terrible secret as new horrors take root. He walks on, with one hope.

Strange Horizons

"A significant contribution to an illustrious post-apocalyptic tradition that includes I Am Legend, The Day of the Triffids, Riddley Walker, The Road, and 28 Days Later . . . an absolute triumph: a novel that shows that literary horror still holds enormous potential to move and challenge its readership."

Horrorscope

"Refreshingly literate take on the post-apocalyptic struggle . . . Williams has proven he is up there with the heavyweights in horror literature."

About the Author

Conrad Williams is also the author of London Revenant, Use Once Then Destroy, and The Unblemished, for which he won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel. He is also the winner of the Littlewood Arc Prize and the British Fantasy Award.

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